The 31-year-old point guard has played through pain before and he plans to do it again when the Heat open their first-round series against the 76ers on Saturday. Miami did not practice Thursday as they watched film instead, but Dragic is expected to be on the court when the team practices Friday before traveling to Philadelphia for the first two games of the series.

Dragic missed Wednesday’s overtime win over the Raptors as a precaution. His knee has been bothering him for the last month due to tendinitis, and he aggravated the injury Monday when he collided with Thunder center Steven Adams.

“It feels way better now than it was two days ago,” Dragic said. “But I’m doing everything that I can. Probably, I’m going to feel it a little bit. But it’s not going to bother me. That’s the only thing that I’m about, I can play through the pain. But as long as it’s not bothering me, I’m OK.

“I’m going to feel it, but it’s not going to slow me down or anything. Even when you play through the game, it’s a lot of adrenaline and basically you don’t feel it.”

Dragic is averaging 17.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.8 assists this season. In four games against the 76ers this season, he averaged 14.0 points on 37.5 percent shooting to go with 4.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists.